British Army Preparation for OperationsMajor Joe Carnegie R ANGLIANBritish Peace Support Team (South Africa)

*Format of the PresentationBritish Army model of operational trainingMATTS and CT LevelsForce Operations and Readiness MechanismOperational Support Group and Operational Training and Advisory Group (OPTAG)The ChallengesQuestions

British Army Model of Operational TrainingBritish Army Training run by the Land Warfare Centre (LWC)Split into 3 component parts, designed to cover a war, the war, the future warHowever;TRAINING IS A COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY

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Mandatory Annual Training Tests (MATTS)Every soldier in the British Army is expected to complete his/her MATTS annuallySeries of lectures and tests designed to maintain a base skill setIncludes fitness, shooting, LOAC, medical etcThe first building block of operational training

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Collective Training Levels

*CT6Divisional sized formation trainingCT5Brigade sized formation trainingCT4Task organised unit or BG training conducted in a combined arms formation contextCT3Sub-unit training in a task organised unit or combined arms BG contextCT2Collective skills training at subunit levelCT1Collective skills training at up to troop / platoon level

Force Operations andReadiness Mechanism (FORM) - The Theory*CT 1&2CT 3&4CT 5&6PDTCT 1&230 months

Force Operations andReadiness Mechanism (FORM) - The Practice*CT 1&2CT 3&4CT 5&6PDTCT 1&2Force Preparation30 months

Operational Support Group*Training for and support to current operationsMission: To provide operational support in order to contribute to the preparation and support of force elements for the conduct of operations.

Operational Support GroupMsn Sp BranchMission Support Group

OPTAGOperational Training and Advisory Group

SCIAD(L)Scientific Adviser (Land) BranchProvision of scientific and analytical advice

OPLAWOperational Law BranchProvision of legal mission support

Reserves Training and Mobilisation Centre

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Pre Deployment TrainingTrain the TrainersIndividual to Sub UnitSpecialist Support to MRX

*Operational Training & Advisory Group Cultural Awareness

GENERIC OPTAG CYCLE

* All RanksBrief Train The TrainerCascadeTraining Confirmatory TrainingBestPreparedOPTAG VisitsUnit PostTraining Report Recce,CoordConf Mission Rehearsal

The ChallengesIdentify units early enough for operational duty in order to allow them sufficient preparation time (TIME)Integration of reinforcements (ADMINISTRATION / TRAINING)Realistic and sufficient training standards (CASH)Move with the times (LESSONS)Have a model that copes with the unexpected (FLEXIBILITY)

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Key challenge*How do we balance our need to prepare for Stability Operations

*while maintaining our ability to conduct Major Combat Operations at readiness?

Thank YouQuestions?

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